Splicer.



W. T. WEST.

SPLIGER. v APPLICATION FILED AUG. 16, 1910.

1,01 1,685, P11511161 Dec. 12, 1911.

111 amgm WALTER T. WEST, OF KELSO, WASHINGTON.

SPLICER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 16, 1910.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

Serial No. 577,436.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVALTER T. WEST, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Kelso, in the county of Cowlitz and State of Washington,have invented new and useful Improvements in Splicers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to an improved tuck puller designed particularlyfor use in pulling the strands in wire rope splicing, whereby to obviatethe pulling upon the same directly by hand and the resultant liabilityof injury therefrom.

The main object of the present invention is the provision of a toolconstructed primarily for the convenient gripping of the strand ends andformed to readily accommodate itself to strands of differentthicknesses.

The invention in its preferred details of construction will be describedin the following specification, reference being had particularly to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of theimproved tool. Fig. 2 is a broken plan of the device. Fig. 3 is asection on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a section on line H of Fig. 2.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, wherein isillustrated the preferred type of the invention, the improved tuckpuller is constructed of two members 1 and 2, each formed at the outerend to form a convenient gripping portion or handle 3. The inner end ofthe member 1 is provided in alinement with one side edge with a hingedlug 4 and in alinement with the inner edge of said hinged lug with arecess 5 rounded in vertical section. Beyond the recess in alinementwith the opposing side edge of the member said member is provided with aprojecting lug 6 forming a clamping lug, as will later appear. Theopposing member 2 is formed in alinement with one side edge with acutaway portion 7 to receive the hinged lug 4, the end wall of saidcutaway portion and the free end of the hinge lug being rounded asshown. One of the members 3 is also provided with a hinged lug 8corresponding to the lug 1 and designed to be pivotally connected therewith through a pivot pin 9, whereby the members are hingedly connected,the free end of the lug S of the member 2 fitting in the recess 5 ofmember 1 and being rounded to cooperate with the rounded wall of saidrecess.

Beyond the lug 8 the member 2 is provided with a clamping lug 10 similarto the lug 6. The lugs 6 and 10 are of materially less length than therespective hinge lugs, so that when said members are hingedly connectedthe proximate surfaces of the lugs 6 and 10 are maintained spaced apart.The proximate faces or surfaces of the lugs 6 and 10 are disposed onthree distinct-planes, that is, assuming the members 1 and 2 inhorizontal alinement, said proximate faces converge from theirrelatively free edges or top and bottom toward a line to one side of thecenter, thereby providing a converging set of gripping jaws 11 extendingfrom one surface of the member and a second set of converging grippingjaws 12 converging from the opposing surface of the member to andmeeting the first mentioned set of gripping jaws. The gripping jaws 11have a length exceeding that of the gripping jaws 12, and the maximumspacing of said gripping jaws 11 is greater than the maximum spacing ofthe jaws 12, the opposing surfaces of the respective pairs of grippingjaws are rounded in horizontal section, as at 13, and said roundedsurfaces are preferably roughened or provided with gripping teeth 14, asillustrated.

In use, a projecting strand of the splice is gripped between theparticular set of gripping jaws by drawing the handle members towardeach other, thereby forcing said jaws to effectively grip a strand andpermit it to be effectively drawn upon to the extent necessary in thesplicing operation. The respective sets of jaws are arranged in order toaccommodate larger or smaller strands of wire without requiring such arelative movement of the handles toward each other as would dispose themat an inconvenient position for the drawing operation.

The tool is to be preferably constructed of metal of substantial sizeand shape and in use will insure a firm grip of the tuck ends to enablethem to be easily and quickly drawn to proper position, as will beobvious.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is A grippingdevice consisting of a pair of her being also formed with a jaw spacedapart from said end lug to form a recess, the other member having an endlug extending longitudinally therefrom and snugly engaging the flatsurface of the first end lug and formed with a rounded terminal toengage the end Wall of the recess, said end Wall being concaved, saidsecond handle being formed with a aw supported in confronting relationby the lug thereof to the jaw of the first handle member, and a pivotpin eX- tending through the engaging lugs of the handle members.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WALTER T. VEST.

itnesses M. E. HULL, A. T. LAURIE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. (1.

